The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced of late that it is to provide $36m for 15 projects aimed at furthering the development of new cost-effective technologies for the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the existing fleet of coal-fired power plants.
The announcement is part of the DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy’s Innovations for Existing Plants (IEP) programme, which is managed by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) – according to a report by NewsBlaze.com.
The 15 projects will focus on five areas of interest for CO2 capture, including membranes, solvents, sorbents, oxycombustion (flue gas purification and boiler development), and chemical looping.
US Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman commented, “Currently, the existing US coal fleet accounts for over half of all electricity generated in this country. The projects announced today will combat climate change and help meet current and future energy needs by curbing CO2 emissions from existing coal-fired plants.”
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